CVE-2025-15638

critical

Description

Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 for Perl contains a vulnerable version of libtomcrypt. Net::Dropbear versions before 0.14 includes versions of Dropbear 2019.78 or earlier. These include versions of libtomcrypt v1.18.1 or earlier, which is affected by CVE-2016-6129 and CVE-2018-12437.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12437

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6129

https://metacpan.org/release/ATRODO/Net-Dropbear-0.14/source/dropbear/libtomcrypt/changes

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-21

Updated: 2026-04-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical